Just a couple of days after I throw him a bone, the Chicago Bears first-year head coach Marc Trestman went out and had his first real blunder as the leader of an NFL team.

Last week I wrote a column about how Bearsfans can rest easy because it appears that Chicago made a good choice on their new head coach. I don’t back away from that, but his inability to see that the team would have been better off by putting Josh McCown in at quarterback way earlier than they did last Sunday had best be a learning experience.

“It’s very tough to pull your starting quarterback out when he’s throwing the ball with velocity, when he’s hitting his receivers and he’s able to move in the pocket,” Trestman explained Monday. “And on all three of those, indications confirmed with me that I should keep him in there.”

He wasn’t watching the same Cutty I was then.

Jeffery’s rise helps Marshall

Alshon Jeffery has turned into a true weapon at wide receiver, and teammate Brandon Marshall admitted this week he’s feeling the affects these days. Marshall has more receptions (178) than any other player in the NFL since joining the Bears, and his 19 TD catches since being traded to Chicago is second only to Dez Bryant (20) as well.

He’ll only get better now that he and Jeffery have combined for 1,521 receiving yards this season, the most among any tandem in the league.

“I’m seeing less doubles, less brackets,” Marshall said. “And now we’re starting to see teams even roll over Alshon’s way.”

Quote of Week

Rookie linebacker Jon Bostic, on replacing D.J. Williams at middle linebacker: “When he went down, he texted me right away, and said ‘There can’t be any dropoff, dude. You’ve got to step right in, and don’t be the one. Don’t be the reason.’”

Stat of Week

In Baltimore QB Joe Flacco’s only start vs. the Bears in 2009, he threw a career-high four TD passes and accumulated a career-high 135.6 passer rating. Here’s hoping history doesn’t repeat itself on Sunday.